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Jan. 24, 1956 1 sTElNMETz HOOK Filed Sept. 29, 1952 ounnunu ATTORNEY l ll l l I l l l I l l Ill United States Patent HOOK Lawrence Steinmetz,Brooklyn, N. Y. Application September 29, 1952, Serial No. 312,080 1Claim. (Cl. 24-227) The present invention relates to a separablefastener device, and more particularly to an improved hook and eyearrangement for use as a garment fastener.

In the manufacture of clothing, such as trousers and skirts, the mostcommonly employed fastener for the waistband portion of the garment hasbeen a button and button hole. Economy of manufacture has to a largeextent dictated the use of buttons for such purposes. However, buttonfastenings have certain disadvantages such as the relative diiculty offastening and unfastening the fastener, the tendency of the button totear loose from the garment and the general unsightliness of a buttonfastener. As an alternative fastener arrangement to overcorne the abovedisadvantages of button fasteners, the use of preformed sheet metalmaterial hook and eye fasteners has been proposed.

It is a principal object of the present invention to provide an improvedpreformed sheet material hook for use as a garment fastener and whichmay be quickly and easily secured to the garment by a riveting orclinching procedure to thus obtain a secure and long lasting attachmentof the fastener hook to the garment.

A feature of the invention is the provision of an improved form ofpreformed fastener hook member and associated rivet plate to be securedby riveting to a garment or the like, the form of the hook memberproviding a space for receiving the garment material between spacedrivet prong portions and the rivet plate having a trough for receivingthe rivet prongs of the hook member so that the fastener hook may bepermanently secured to the garment without the formation of unsightlybulges or the like.

Further objects, features and the attending advantages of the inventionwill be apparent with reference to the following specification anddrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevational view of a garment 7 waistband withthe hook and eye fastener of the invention secured thereto;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank hook before preforming;

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the preformed fastener hookand the associated rivet plate which may be used as a reinforcement whenthe hook is secured to the garment;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the back face of a garment with thefastener hook and rivet plate of the invention secured thereto in theassembled relation;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, and with particular reference to Fig. l, afragmentary portion of a trouser waistband is shown having a loop or eyemember 10 secured to one meeting edge in any suitable manner and apreformed sheet material hook 11 secured to the other meeting edgeaccording to the invention. It should be obvious that the trousermeeting edges may be secured together and fastened by inserting the hookend 12 (Fig. 5) within the eye 10.

As more clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the preformed hook is preferablycomprised of a metallic stamping having a base portion 13 and areversely curved hook portion 12. Each side of the base portion 13 tothe side of the center line of the hook portion 12 is provided with arespective shoulder portion 1.4 and 15 from which is extended arespective rivet prong member 16 and 17. The shoulder portions 14 and 15are bent upwardly and then outwardly to provide a supporting surface forthe rivet plate 18 in the assembled relation and thus to provide a spacefor receiving the garment material therebetween.

The assembled relation of the hook 11 and rivet plate 18 is most clearlyshown in Fig. 4 through Fig. 7 of the drawing, and it will be seen thatthe rivet prong members 16 and 17 are passed through the garment fabricby piercing or the like and are received in the apertures 21 and 22 ofthe rivet plate 18. Thus the hook 11 and the rivet plate 18 are securedto opposite sides of the garment fabric and the rivet prongs 16 and 17may then be deformed and bent into the trough 23 that has been providedin the rivet plate 18. In such manner the rivet prongs 16 and 17 arebent into a position overlying the base portion of the hook and, as willbe most clearly shown in Fig. 7, the garment fabric 20 is deformed intothe space between the bottom of the rivet plate 18 and the hook 11 asprovided by the rivet member shoulder supports 14 and 15, while therivet prongs 16 and 17 are received in the trough 23 of the rivet plate18. Thus, the preformed fastener hook 11 is permanently secured to thegarment by simply bending the rivet prongs 16 and 17 and the entirearrangement is such that unsightly bulging of the garment is prevented.The outer surfaces of the shoulder portions 14 and 15 are positionedbetween, and offset from, the rivet prongs 16 and 17, and provide ledgesfor receiving a riveting tool. As the ledges are offset from the base 13and are in close proximity to the rivet prongs 16 and 17, the tool canapply the required force to the rivet prongs and the ledges will preventthe tool from slipping relative to the fastener.

Any suitable riveting tools (not shown) may be employed to contact theouter surfaces of the shoulder portions 14 and 15 to facilitate theapplication of the preformed fastener hook to the garment as describedabove. When desired, various garment pleating arrangements, such as thatshown in the drawing, may be used to conceal the rivet plate and, assuch, form no part of the present invention since the arrangements mayvary for the many different types of garments to which the fastener hookof the invention may be applied.

While the preferred form and application of the invention is to use therivet plate 18, in some applications when strong fabric materials areused, the rivet plate may be omitted and the hook may be secured to thegarment fabric by passing the rivet prongs through the fabric andupsetting or bending the prongs to clinch the garment.

Various modifications may be made within the spirit of the invention andthe scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A preformed sheet metal fastener hook for garment fabric, said hookhaving a base portion, a reversely curved hook portion extending fromsaid base portion, upwardly and outwardly formed shoulder portionsextending from said base portion on each side of the center line of thehook portion, rivet prong members spaced outwardly from said baseportion and extending from each of said shoulder portions and adapted tobe passed through fabric, a rivet plate member having apertures forreceiving each of said rivet prong members, said plate member having atrough extending between said apertures and providing a raised portionon the opposite side of said trough, said plate member being adapted tobe positioned with the bottom of said trough nearest the side of thefabric .opposite the side to which the base portion of said hook memberis positioned, each of said rivet prong members passing throughrespective ones of said apertures in the assembled relation of said hookand fabric and` bent inwardly to extend in said trough and clinch thefabr'ie inthe space provided by said shoulder portions, the rraisedportion of said plate member positioned between said shoulders, theouter surfaces of said shoulder portions providing -a ledge between saidbase portion and said 'prong members for receiving Va riveting tool.

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Wainewright Mar. 30,

Cahn July 21,

Markin Apr. 15,

FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Apr. 18,

Great Britain Apr. 5,

